Question 1

The English Toleration Act of 1690:

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A)   allowed Jews to participate in the English government.
B)   actually allowed no toleration of religion in the colonies.
C)   gave Catholics the same rights as Protestants.
D)   was not as inclusive in regard to religion as Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

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A)   A large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants.
B)   Generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers.
C)   Changes in the political style of Virginia's powerful large-scale planters, who adopted a get-tough policy with small farmers and hired their own militia to enforce their will.
D)   The replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia's plantations.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

What ironic consequence did William Penn's generous policies, such as religious toleration and inexpensive land, have?

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A)   They contributed to the increasing reliance of Virginia and Maryland on African slave labor.
B)   Now that Pennsylvania attracted so many settlers, Carolina was desperate for laborers and began a vast Indian slave trade.
C)   They actually discouraged suspicious Europeans from choosing Pennsylvania as a place to settle.
D)   They led the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts to adopt religious toleration in order to compete with Pennsylvania for colonists.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

During the colonial era, Philadelphia:

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A)   became home to a varied population of artisans and craftsmen.
B)   was one of the empire's least successful seaports.
C)   was large by European standards.
D)   was populated almost entirely by wealthy citizens.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

What was one of Pennsylvania's only restrictions on religious liberty?

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A)   Settlers could belong to any denomination but had to sign an oath affirming that they would not oppress Quakers.
B)   Holding office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews from serving.
C)   Atheists were welcome as long as they promised not to publicly attack religion.
D)   Church attendance was mandatory, but the state did not specify which type of church.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women?

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A)   They received more legal rights, such as the right to own property in their own names.
B)   Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.
C)   Their workloads decreased thanks to technological advances such as the spinning wheel and to declining infant mortality rates.
D)   Women were permitted to practice law.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 7

The colonists that proved most harmful to Native Americans were:

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A)   merchants.
B)   slave traders.
C)   farmers.
D)   fur trappers.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The separation of church and state:

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A)   existed only in Virginia and North Carolina.
B)   was due largely to the increasing Jewish presence in the colonies.
C)   was in the majority of colonies because of the proliferation of many different Protestant groups.
D)   was not the norm, as most colonies had taxes to pay the salary of clergy.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

The first English Navigation Act, adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:

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A)   required the Royal Navy to use only Protestant navigators on its ships.
B)   aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch.
C)   freed England's North American colonies from economic regulations (to stimulate prosperity) .
D)   added New Netherland to the British empire.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake:

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A)   black men were not permitted to marry white women but black women could marry white men.
B)   free blacks had the right to sue and testify in court.
C)   free blacks were not permitted to serve in the militia unless they signed a loyalty oath.
D)   the sale of any married slave was prohibited.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

In seventeenth-century England, the main lines of division focused on:

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A)   race.
B)   ethnicity.
C)   political ideals.
D)   religion.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Virginia Plantation Wharf (1730) 
 
-This image reflects the importance of locating plantations

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A)   in hot climates with no winters.
B)   near mansions or castles.
C)   with easy access to water transportation.
D)   in places where slaves could easily be acquired.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 13

Nathaniel Bacon:

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A)   actually was socially closer to the elite than to the indentured servants who supported him.
B)   had no connection to Virginia's wealthiest planters.
C)   won unanimous support for his effort to reduce taxes, but his effort to remove all Native Americans from the colony doomed his rebellion.
D)   burned down Jamestown but never succeeded in taking over the colony or driving out Governor Berkeley.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

What was the Covenant Chain?

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A)   The promise James II gave Parliament that he would marry a Protestant princess.
B)   An agreement between the Dutch and the Mohican Nation that led to the founding of New Netherland.
C)   A mythical piece of priceless gold jewelry that Europeans wished to acquire from the Iroquois.
D)   An alliance made by the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

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A)   By the end of the century, the African population far outnumbered the European population on most islands.
B)   Mixed economies with small farms worked by indentured servants dominated islands such as Barbados throughout the century.
C)   Frequent uprisings by African slaves caused the English to abandon the West Indies by the 1680s and to relocate staple crop production to mainland North America.
D)   The free labor system of the West Indies stood in stark contrast to the slave labor system of the Chesapeake.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The ultimate goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch was to:

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A)   gain slaves.
B)   control more territory.
C)   control trade.
D)   gain more farmland.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

What was the impact of King Philip's War (1675-1676) ?

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A)   New England's tribes united against the colonists.
B)   In the long run, the war produced a broadening of freedom for whites in New England.
C)   Native Americans up and down the eastern seaboard began rebelling against colonial rule when they saw what happened to their New England counterparts.
D)   Massachusetts banned all Native Americans from living within its borders.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

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A)   were found in many colonial residents' homes.
B)   were specifically banned in the colonies by the Navigation Acts.
C)   were rare in the colonies, thus demonstrating that the colonists lived in a premodern world.
D)   were manufactured in several mainland English colonies but had to be shipped to England for sale.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

Unlike slavery in America, slavery in Africa:

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A)   declined in importance during the 1600s.
B)   was more likely to be based in the household than on an agricultural plantation.
C)   led to much higher death rates.
D)   was entirely race-based.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

The immigrant group that was primarily Presbyterian was:

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A)   Irish.
B)   Scotch-Irish.
C)   Swedish.
D)   English.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Exam 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

The immigrant group that was primarily Presbyterian was:

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According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake:

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Unlike slavery in America, slavery in Africa:

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What was one of Pennsylvania's only restrictions on religious liberty?

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Nathaniel Bacon:

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What was the Covenant Chain?

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Bacon's Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?

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The ultimate goal for the English in gaining New Amsterdam and New Netherland from the Dutch was to:

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During the colonial era, Philadelphia:

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By the eighteenth century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:

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What was the impact of King Philip's War (1675-1676) ?

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Virginia Plantation Wharf (1730) -This image reflects the importance of locating plantations

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Which of the following is true of the English West Indies in the seventeenth century?

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The first English Navigation Act, adopted during the rule of Oliver Cromwell:

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The English Toleration Act of 1690:

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The colonists that proved most harmful to Native Americans were:

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In seventeenth-century England, the main lines of division focused on:

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What ironic consequence did William Penn's generous policies, such as religious toleration and inexpensive land, have?

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As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women?

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The separation of church and state:

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